Did you know you could run Ansible on Power-AIX? Ansible is an open source IT configuration management (CM) and automation platform, provided by Red Hat. It uses human-readable YAML templates so that users can program repetitive tasks to occur automatically, without learning an advanced language. Contact Lab Services to learn more about this offering

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Ansible
Automation for
DevOps
Overview
The Ansible Automation for DevOps
service is designed to help you get
started with Ansible for DevOps or
automated operations, leveraging
customized playbooks.
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Target Audience
– Clients using Power Systems
that are considering Ansible for
DevOps and/or AIX and IBM i
automated operations.
Why Use This Service?
– Are you using or considering
Ansible as part of your DevOps
tools?
– Are you considering
modernizing or migrating
existing AIX or IBM i automated
operations scripts to include
Ansible?
Benefits
– The service will help you get
started successfully with Ansible
automation on Power Systems.
– It will help you gain experience
with Ansible for DevOps.
– It will help you quantify the
benefits of using Ansible for
modernizing the automation for
your IT environment.
Service Provided
– Implement and configure
Ansible core on Power Systems.
– Advise on using Ansible ad-hoc
commands & playbooks.
– Advise on building Ansible
modules and working with roles.
– Advise on use of Red Hat
Ansible collections for Power,
targeted at AIX and IBM i
operations.
– Advise on integrating Ansible
with PowerVC via REST APIs.
– Advise on using Ansible
playbooks for automation of
common tasks such as:
• Configuring systems
• Deploying software
• Implementing patches
• Updating security settings.
– Develop sample Ansible
playbooks for deploying VMs
with PowerVC and selected
DevOps or automation tasks.
Deliverables
– Implementation of Ansible and
provision of sample playbooks
customized for DevOps and
automated operations.
– Recommendations for potential
use cases of Ansible for
configuration, software and
security management.
– Recommendations on additional
for enterprise capabilities such as
Red Hat Ansible Tower.
– Skills enablement and guidance
on best practices for managing
automated operations and
DevOps with Ansible.
Contacts
– Contact us at ibmsls@us.ibm.com
or your local Lab Services team
IBM Power Systems
Quick Reference Guide